Dragon’s Den Back on BBC2

Yes that top source of traffic for some sneeky domain name pirates is back on tonight.

Yes it is Series 8 of Dragon’s Den, Episode 1 of this new serise is broadcast on BBC Two 9pm tonight (14 Jul 2010).

The lineup has not changed again this year, so see here for Affiliatedogma’s Rating of Dragon’s Den’s Dragons.

If you miss this episode, or any of the series you can watch it on BBC iPlayer, click here for more details

Previously I have rated the Dragon’s themselves, and their websites.

Now a quick rating of all the Dragon’s Books:

Duncan Bannatyne

Anyone Can Do It: My Story by Duncan Bannatyne
Biography telling of a broke 30 year old and his rise to riches.
Affiliatedogma Rating: A-

James Caan

The Real Deal: My Story from Brick Lane to “Dragons’ Den” by James Caan
Very similar thread to the Bannatyne book, but not enjoyed so much here
Affiliatedogma Rating: C+

Peter Jones

Tycoon by Peter Jones
More of a How To Become Rich type book than the above
Affiliatedogma Rating: B

Deborah Meaden

Common Sense Rules: What You Really Need to Know About Business by Deborah Meaden
Advice mixed with personal anecdotes
Affiliatedogma Rating: B

Theo Paphitis
Enter the Dragon by Theo Paphitis
Rags to Riches story, inspirational.
Affiliatedogma Rating: B+
Why is it a traffic source, as explained many times before it is fantastic the number of domain names that are registered on a Dragon’s Den broadcast night trying to capitalise on the company names that are brought to the mass populus’ attention. for a more detailed rant about this see here

July 14th, 2010 Posted by admin | Dragon's Den | no comments

DRAGONS DEN BACK ON BBC

Dragons Den is back on the BBC from next Monday, back for it’s 6th Series.

Got a killer web application - their application form is here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/apply/

Will the entrepreneurs get it this year and register their domain names before the show is broadcasted and the  cybersquatters get in?

Will there be any affiliates this year.

Will we be getting tips (I doubt it) , business model ideas, or just get to see some hopefuls cruelly put down.

The Dragons this year remain the same as last

Deborah Meaden - Dragon - AffiliatDogma Rating - C+

Duncan Bannatyne - Dragon - Affiliate Dogma rating A

James Caan - Dragon AffiliatDogma Rating B-

Peter Jones - Dragon AffiliateDogma Rating B+

Theo Paphitis - Dragon Dragon AffiliateDogma Rating B

July 16th, 2008 Posted by admin | Dragon's Den | one comment

Which Dragon Has The Best Website

Ok this is another post about BBC 2’s Dragon’s Den and we have only had one episode to date.

Having a look at the official website for Dragon’s Den (www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden) I had the idea to write a review on each of the ‘Dragon’s’ official Websites. After seeing Keith Bond’s post about SEOmoz I decided to use this to assess which of these official Dragon’s sites are the best.

Deborah Meaden

http://www.deborahmeaden.com/ 

Page Strength: 0.5 / 10

Duncan Bannatyne

http://www.bannatyne.co.uk/

Page Strength: 3.5 / 10

Peter Jones

http://www.peterjones.tv/

Page Strength: 3.5 / 10 

Richard Farleigh

http://www.farleigh.com/

Page Strength: 3 / 10

Theo Paphitis

http://www.theopaphitis.com/

Page Strength: 2.5 / 10

So there we have it Jones and Bannatyne tie first followed by Farleigh, Paphitis and finally Meaden. To be honest this is probably the order I would rank these in, only in a general webpage sense, the fact is that these people’s websites are carried by the people - brands. This sort of ranking tool is much more useful for you and me, affiliates especially.

Want to know your sites page Strength - see http://www.seomoz.org/page-strength

February 12th, 2007 Posted by scifind | SEO, tools, webdesign, Dragon's Den | no comments

Congratulations to Levi Roots - Plus advice to Dragons and Those pitching alike

Congratulations to Levi for securing £50, 000 funding for his Reggae Reggae Sauce on Dragon’s Den the other day.

If only all business men operated like him. The real victory here was for Style over Substance.

But when will the business men walking into the den learn REGISTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME BEFORE GOING ON DRAGON’S DEN. Well done to Levi (Keith) for registering the .com (see his site -http://reggaereggaesauce.com)  - but you forgot the .co.uk - registered not long after the program aired and is now pointing to a parking page.

I am sure that the new owner will be willing to sell this domain back to you Levi BUT it would be so much easier to think ahead and spend that £6 something to register a .co.uk to stop it being picked up by someone else.

This also goes for the Dragons, Peter Jones  and Richard Farleigh invested £50k in this business - knowing full well that the brand was going to get a big push to millions on national TV and they still didn’t have the forsight to spend £6 on a domain name.

GOT A BRAND - BUY A DOMAIN NAME - simple message Don’t Know How? No excuse Click Here and take two minutes to register a domain name (at the time of writing .co.uk domains are £2.59 a year and .com domains £8.99 a year)

Read about Levi and the dragons here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/

Reggae Reggae Sauce Site - http://reggaereggaesauce.com/

Peter Jones’ Site - http://www.peterjones.tv/

Richard Farleigh’s Site - http://www.farleigh.com/

February 10th, 2007 Posted by scifind | Dragon's Den, Domain names | no comments